Zhenghuan Zhou

Liberal Rights and Political Culture

Envisioning Democracy in China

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that the liberal concept of rights presupposes and is grounded in an individualistic culture or shared way of relating, and that this particular shared way of relating emerged only in the wake of the Reformation in the modern West.

Produktdetails

• East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9780415882491
• ISBN-10: 0415882494
• Artikelnr.: 29020486

Autorenporträt

Zhenghuan Zhou

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Retrieving the Concept of Political Culture 3. Rights and the Liberal Concept of Rights 4. Individualism as Cultural Grounding 5. Confucianism and the Making of Chinese Politico-Cultural Tradition 6. In Lieu of a Conclusion: The Language of Rights and Democratic Change Appendix Bibliography Notes Index

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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Retrieving the Concept of Political Culture
Chapter 3 Rights and the Liberal Concept of Rights
Chapter 4 Individualism as Cultural Grounding
Chapter 5 Confucianism and the Making of Chinese Politico-Cultural Tradition
Chapter 6 In Lieu of a Conclusion: The Language of Rights and Democratic Change in China

Rezensionen

'The book is rich in its review of the Western and Chinese political cultures, and can serve as a reference point for those who study or research across disciplines of political theory, comparative politics and Chinese studies.' - Political Studies Review

'The book is rich in its review of the Western and Chinese political cultures, and can serve as a reference point for those who study or research across disciplines of political theory, comparative politics and Chinese studies.' - Political Studies Review